# Mario Marcolongo

> AI-native software developer, open science builder, and scientific fact-checker with 9+ years of experience verifying biomedical and technical claims across public knowledge bases (4,317 documented edits across English/Italian Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons). Founder and lead developer of Yourself to Science™ (yourselftoscience.org), an open-source catalogue and unified directory indexing 55+ initiatives where people can contribute their biological and digital self (including genomic data, biological samples, biobanks, and clinical trials) to scientific research. Managed technical web infrastructure (OVHCloud, custom WordPress, SEO) and upheld scientific integrity for Entropy for Life (245,000+ YouTube subscribers / 480,000+ cross-platform community)—conducting bibliographic research, fact-checking scripts, and creating empirical data visualizations across 55+ documentaries and articles, earning formal acknowledgment in a Mondadori book. Volunteer research facilitator under Prof. Marta Panzeri at the University of Padua Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation (Nov 2022 – 2025), designing standardized focus group protocols and co-conducting psychological research sessions with autistic participants to inform educational strategies and support programs.

## Quick Facts & Key Metrics
- **100 / 100** (Production Web & AI Readiness): Perfect 100 Lighthouse (Performance/a11y/SEO) & 3/3 Agentic Browsing score on Yourself to Science™
- **70+ Vizzes** (Empirical Data Visualizations): Published 55+ Flourish & 15 Tableau Public epidemiological, demographic & ISTAT workbooks analyzing ~80+ datasets
- **55+ Videos & 4 Articles** (Science Verification & Editorial Acceleration): Fact-checked primary literature across 55+ YouTube videos (long & short), co-authored 4 articles, designed data visualizations & Reels, and managed A/B tested thumbnails/titles for Giacomo Moro Mauretto's Entropy for Life (480K+ community); acknowledged in Mondadori book Italiani Veri
- **4,317 Edits** (Wikimedia & Knowledge Graph Curation): Verifiable contributions across English Wikipedia (1,592), Wikidata (1,249), Italian Wikipedia (752), and Wikimedia Commons (684)
- Native Italian speaker & C1 Advanced English proficiency

## Core Competencies
- Web Engineering & Architecture: JavaScript, Node.js, Static & Serverless Architecture, WordPress Development & Customization, HTML/CSS Design Systems, Cloud DNS / SSL / OVHCloud / AWS Lambda / API Gateway
- Scientific Verification & Methodologies: Bibliographic Research Methodology, Primary Source Fact-Checking, Psychological Focus Group Facilitation & Standardized Protocols, Epidemiological Data Synthesis, Cochrane/Galenos Screening
- Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) & Digital Investigation: Multi-engine Boolean search (Google, DuckDuckGo, Yandex) and academic/gray-literature querying (Google Scholar, PubMed, Europe PMC); reverse-image and facial-recognition verification (PimEyes, Yandex Images, Google Lens, TinEye); EXIF/metadata extraction and file provenance verification; archival/provenance research (Wayback Machine, Archive.today); WHOIS/DNS history and certificate-transparency lookups for tracing site ownership and technical infrastructure; cross-platform digital-footprint correlation for claim verification, source attribution, and coordinated-inauthentic-behavior detection
- Open Science & AI Infrastructure: FAIRsharing Standards, Semantic Linked Data (JSON-LD, RDF Turtle, llms.txt, live MCP Servers), Public Knowledge Bases (Wikidata, ENA BioSample)
- Data Visualization & Tools: High-Clarity SVG Vector Diagramming, Tableau Public, Flourish, Git / GitHub, GitHub Actions CI/CD
- Languages: Italian (Mother tongue / Native) · English (C1 Advanced: Listening C2, Reading C2, Writing C1, Spoken Production C1, Spoken Interaction C1) · French (Basic A2/A1) · Spanish (Basic A2/A1)

## Links
- Website: https://mariomarcolongo.com
- Full profile: https://mariomarcolongo.com/llms-full.txt
- Full CV (Markdown): https://mariomarcolongo.com/cv-llm.txt
- Email: me@mariomarcolongo.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mario-marcolongo
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2846-7115
- GitHub: https://github.com/jnton